Turkmenistan vs. Iran
Demographics
| Turkmenistan | Iran | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 5,579,889 (July 2021 est.) note: some sources suggest Turkmenistan's population could be as much as 1 to 2 million people lower than available estimates because of large-scale emigration during the last 10 years | 85,888,910 (July 2021 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 25.44% (male 713,441/female 693,042) 15-24 years: 16.48% (male 458,566/female 452,469) 25-54 years: 44.14% (male 1,214,581/female 1,226,027) 55-64 years: 8.56% (male 221,935/female 251,238) 65 years and over: 5.38% (male 129,332/female 167,996) (2020 est.) | 0-14 years: 24.11% (male 10,472,844/female 10,000,028) 15-24 years: 13.36% (male 5,806,034/female 5,537,561) 25-54 years: 48.94% (male 21,235,038/female 20,327,384) 55-64 years: 7.72% (male 3,220,074/female 3,337,420) 65 years and over: 5.87% (male 2,316,677/female 2,670,254) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 29.2 years male: 28.7 years female: 29.7 years (2020 est.) | total: 31.7 years male: 31.5 years female: 32 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.02% (2021 est.) | 1.03% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 17.85 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 15.78 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 5.95 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 5.14 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -1.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | -0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.88 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 38.54 deaths/1,000 live births male: 46.87 deaths/1,000 live births female: 29.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 15.1 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.24 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 71.54 years male: 68.5 years female: 74.73 years (2021 est.) | total population: 75.06 years male: 73.71 years female: 76.48 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.04 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 1.93 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA | <.1% (2020 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Turkmenistani(s) adjective: Turkmenistani | noun: Iranian(s) adjective: Iranian |
| Ethnic groups | Turkmen 85%, Uzbek 5%, Russian 4%, other 6% (2003 est.) | Persian, Azeri, Kurd, Lur, Baloch, Arab, Turkmen and Turkic tribes |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA | 54,000 (2020 est.) |
| Religions | Muslim 93%, Christian 6.4%, Buddhist <1%, folk religion <1%, Jewish <1%, other <1%, unspecified <1% (2020 est.) | Muslim (official) 99.4% (Shia 90-95%, Sunni 5-10%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian) 0.3%, unspecified 0.4% (2011 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA | 3,200 (2020 est.) |
| Languages | Turkmen (official) 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7% major-language sample(s): Dünyä Facebooky, esasy maglumat üçin ayrylmaz bir çesme dir. (Turkmen) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. | Persian Farsi (official), Azeri and other Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic major-language sample(s): ????? ???? ????? ????? ????? ???? ??? ??????? ??? ???? (Persian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.8% female: 99.6% (2015) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 85.5% male: 90.4% female: 80.8% (2016) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2019) | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2017) |
| Education expenditures | 3.1% of GDP (2012) | 4% of GDP (2018) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 53% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 2.23% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) | urban population: 76.3% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.32% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 98.6% of population rural: 93.1% of population total: 97.2% of population unimproved: urban: 1.4% of population rural: 6.9% of population total: 2.8% of population (2017 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 98.9% of population rural: 95.7% of population total: 98.1% of population unimproved: urban: 1.1% of population (2015 est.) rural: 4.3% of population total: 1.9% of population (2017 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 865,000 ASHGABAT (capital) (2021) | 9.259 million TEHRAN (capital), 3.264 million Mashhad, 2.177 million Esfahan, 1.675 million Shiraz, 1.627 million Tabriz, 1.582 million Karaj (2021) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 7 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) | 16 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 3.1% (2019) | 4.1% (2010/11) |
| Health expenditures | 6.6% (2018) | 8.7% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 2.23 physicians/1,000 population (2014) | 1.58 physicians/1,000 population (2018) |
| Hospital bed density | 4 beds/1,000 population (2014) | 1.6 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 18.6% (2016) | 25.8% (2016) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 49.7% (2019) | 77.4% (2010/11) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 55.2 youth dependency ratio: 47.8 elderly dependency ratio: 7.4 potential support ratio: 13.5 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 45.6 youth dependency ratio: 36 elderly dependency ratio: 9.6 potential support ratio: 14.2 (2020 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
